Shloka 95
Daily Duties of Brāhmaṇas: Snāna, Sandhyā, Sūrya-hṛdaya, Japa, Tarpaṇa, and the Pañca-mahāyajñas
निवेदयेत स्वात्मानं विष्णावमलतेजसि / तदात्मा तन्मनाः शान्तस्तद्विष्णोरिति मन्त्रतः
nivedayeta svātmānaṃ viṣṇāvamalatejasi / tadātmā tanmanāḥ śāntastadviṣṇoriti mantrataḥ
គួរប្រគល់ខ្លួនឯង ទៅក្នុងព្រះវិṣṇu ដែលមានពន្លឺបរិសុទ្ធឥតស្នាម។ ដោយឲ្យខ្លួន និងចិត្តរលាយចូលក្នុងព្រះអង្គ ក្លាយជាស្ងប់ស្ងាត់ គួរធ្វើដូច្នេះដោយមន្ត្រា «តទ្វិṣṇោḥ»—«នេះជារបស់ព្រះវិṣṇu»។
Lord Kurma (Vishnu) instructing spiritual practice to the inquiring sages (Kurma Purana dialogue frame).
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It teaches that the individual self is to be offered into the stainless divine reality (Vishnu), implying an inward identification (tadātmā) where the limited ego is relinquished and the self is understood as belonging to the Supreme.
A mantra-guided dhyāna-bhakti practice: surrendering the self (ātma-nivedana), fixing mind and identity on the deity (tanmanāḥ, tadātmā), cultivating tranquility (śānti), and repeating the dedicatory mantra “tad viṣṇoḥ” as a method of absorption.
Though Vishnu is named explicitly, the method reflects the Kurma Purana’s synthetic spirituality: the same inner surrender, mantra, and absorption taught in Shaiva-Pashupata discipline is here framed in Vaishnava language, pointing to a shared non-dual contemplative aim.